Julia Collins

Even before I think about raising capital, I think about like, who am I going to build this with?

And I look for people who are complimentary and I'm very honest with myself about what I'm good at versus what I'm not.

I think one of the things I didn't understand in my early, early career, I thought I just had to know everything.

I thought the only way people would come and work for me is if I was good at everything.

Right.

And they're so bought in, right?

They want to come and work because they know that

They're not just like valued, they're actually needed.

So for me, it was like those early awkward years of trying to figure out my style, of trying to figure out my personal brand, my voice, and like really being comfortable that in this like joyful femme presenting space.

Julia, that I was still going to make a lot of money and be successful.

I think that was a big myth that was taught to me was that I remember going to a business school class, Emma, and they showed us these statistics and it was like, most CEOs are six foot two or taller.

So I'm like,

These ridiculous things, you know, so your brain gets filled with all these ideas about who a CEO is and what a powerful person needs to be.

And when you're just archetypically, physically not that, it can create... See, I never believed it.

I love that.

Okay.

I'm going to be really honest.

I think there's a part of me that did believe it, but it made me so pissed off.

that I had like the most massive, like middle finger up about it.

Damn right.